Event:Mentor Me!/2025
Mentor Me!
Mentor Me! is a mentorship programme created by the Tyap Wikimedians User Group to support all Wikimedians, both within the community and the Movement entirely. This year's edition runs from August - December 2025.
Online 
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Dates:
- A week-long introduction to wiki online:
10/08/2025, 11/08/2025, 12/08/2025, 13/08/2025, 14/08/2025, 15/08/2025, and 16/08/2025 - Weekly classes (special sessions):
23/08/2025, 30/08/2025, 06/09/2025, 20/09/2025, 04/10/2025, and 18/10/2025 - Wikidata online sessions: 26/10/2025, 27/10/2025, 28/10/2025, 29/10/2025, 30/10/2025, and 31/10/2025
- Weekly classes (special sessions): 15/11/2025, 29/11/2025, and 13/12/2025
Time: 07:00 P.M. (W.A.T.)
Venue:
Jitsi Meet
Outreach Dashboard:
Here
In-person 
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Dates:
22/08/2025, 29/08/2025, 05/09/2025, 19/09/2025, 03/10/2025, 17/10/2025, 01/11/2025,
14/11/2025, 28/11/2025, and 12/12/2025
Time: 09:30 A.M. (W.A.T.)
Venue:
AX1, Aliyu Makama Road, by Narayi Junction, Barnawa, Kaduna 800242 , NG
Timetable
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Presenter | Jitsi Meet Link | YouTube Recording | Link to Learning Resource | |
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| A week-long introduction to wiki online | |||||
| Sun., 10th Aug. 2025 | Friday musa | Click to connect!
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Know the basic rules of Wikipedia. 1. Wikipedia Basics: Wikipedia Essentials 2. Wikipedia Basics: Editing Basics 3. Wikipedia Basics: Evaluating Articles and Sources | |
| Mon., 11th Aug. 2025 | Friday musa and Kambai Akau | Click to connect!
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Click to watch
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How-to refreshers 1. Sandboxes and Mainspace | |
| Tue., 12th Aug. 2025 | Friday musa | Click to connect!
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Click to watch
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How-to refreshers 2. Plagiarism | |
| Wed., 13th Aug. 2025 | Friday musa and Kambai Akau | Click to connect!
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Click to watch
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How-to refreshers 3. Sources and Citations | |
| Thur., 14th Aug. 2025 | Friday musa and Kambai Akau | Click to connect!
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Click to watch
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Translating Articles | |
| Fri., 15th Aug. 2025 (@04:00 PM WAT) |
Friday musa | Click to connect!
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Click to watch
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Wikimedia Commons Contributing Images and Media Files | |
| Sat., 16th Aug. 2025 | Kambai Akau | Click to connect!
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Click to watch
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More practicals on creating new articles in the English Wikipedia and linking to Wikidata | |
For more on Wikipedia, see also WikiLearn
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| Date (09:30 AM) |
Presenter | Topic | YouTube Recording | Jitsi Meet Link | Date (07:00 PM) |
Presenter | Topic | YouTube Recording | |
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| Weekly classes | |||||||||
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| Fri., 22th Aug. 2025 | Friday musa, Kambai Akau | Creating a Template in the English Wikipedia | Click to watch
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Click to connect!
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Sat., 23 Aug. 2025 |  King ChristLike |
Wikidata and Beyond: Fundamentals and best practices | Click to watch
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| Fri., 29th Aug. 2025 | Inyor4mr | Developing a Wikipedia article in English (using a Visual editor) | Click here and here to watch
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Click to connect!
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Sat., 30th Aug. 2025 |  Igallards7 |
The Importance of Minorities in the Wikimedia Ecosystem | Click to watch
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| Fri., 05 Sept. 2025 | Friday musa and Kambai Akau | Wikimedia articles creation | Click here, here, and here
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Click to connect!
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Sat., 06 Sept. 2025 |  Shahadusadik
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Fast-track your language Wikipedia approval on Wikimedia Incubator | Click to watch
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| Fri., 19 Sept. 2025 | Friday musa and Danjuma Anthony | Translating articles into local language(s) on Wikipedia-Tyap | Click to watch
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Click to connect!
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Sat., 20 Sept. 2025 |  NikosLikomitros
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The Importance of Minority languages in the Wikimedia Ecosystem | Click to watch
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| Fri., 03 Oct. 2025 | Friday musa and Dorcas Atule | Uploading files on Wikimedia Commons | Click to watch and here
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Click to connect!
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Sat., 04 Oct. 2025 |  Elena Ancu Damian
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How Wikipedia Can Preserve Cultural Heritage, Languages, and Traditions: Things That Must be Forever Honoured and Protected. | Click to watch Presentation Slides | |
| Fri., 17th Oct. 2025 | Friday musa, Kambai Akau | Wikipedia editing | Click to watch here1, here2, here3
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Click to connect!
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Sat., 18th Oct. 2025 |  Jon Harald Søby
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Basics of Translatewiki | Click to watch
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| Online (07:00 PM) |
Presenter | Jitsi Meet Link | YouTube Recording | Link to Learning Resource | |
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| Wikidata online sessions | |||||
| Mon., 27th Oct. 2025 |  Jan Ainali
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Click to connect!
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Click to watch
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Introduction to SPARQL | |
| Wed., 29th Oct. 2025 |  Nicolas Vigneron
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Click to connect!
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Click to watch
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Basics of Wikidata Lexemes: How to and Why Put Data About Words into Wikidata | |
| Fri., 31st Oct. 2025 |  Luca Martinelli
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Click to connect!
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Click to watch
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Basic Introduction to Wikifunctions | |
For more on Wikidata, see also WikiLearn
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| Date (09:30 AM) |
Presenter | Topic | YouTube Recording | Jitsi Meet Link | Date (07:00 PM) |
Presenter | Topic | YouTube Recording | |
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| Weekly classes | |||||||||
| In-person | Online | ||||||||
| Sat., 01 Nov. 2025 | Kambai Akau and Friday musa | Wikidata's 13th birthday celebration and one-month-long data-a-thon kickstarting | Click to watch here and here
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Click to connect!
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| Fri., 14th Nov. 2025 | Sorry, we have cancelled the in-person classes for these three days and are merging them with the Tyap Wiki Bootcamp in-person classes of Sat., Nov. 15 and Dec. 6, 2025. |
Click to connect!
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Sat., 15th Nov. 2025 |  Greta Doçi
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Translation Tool Basics + How to Improve or Fix Broken HTML Syntax | Click to watch
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| Fri., 28th Nov. 2025 | Click to connect!
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Sat., 29th Nov. 2025 |  Hilary Onuh Ogali
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Contributing to Wikimedia Commons | Click to watch
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| Fri., 12th Dec. 2025 | |||||||||
Learning resources reservoires
[edit] Outreach Dashboard Training Libraries
Wikilearn Catalogue
WikiLearn Core Curriculum on Wikimedia Commons
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Carla Toro; Anamaria Espinoza; Asaf Bartov; Melissa Guadalupe Huertas (February 7, 2025). "WikiLearn Essentials for Course Creators: Building Community Skills Online session 1" (video). youtube.com. Let's Connect. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
James Gaunt; Anamaria Espinoza; Asaf Bartov; Melissa Guadalupe Huertas (February 18, 2025). "WikiLearn Essentials for Course Creators: Building Community Skills Online session 2" (video). youtube.com. Let's Connect. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
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